Budget 2015 focused on ‘squeezed middle’Those earning hundreds of thousands will not make ‘astronomical gains’, Noonan saysTue Oct 14 2014 - 21:17
It’s no giveaway - but Budget 2015 will cost over €1bnAnalysis: For the first time since 2007 there has been no net cut in spendingTue Oct 14 2014 - 16:59
Austerity budgets expected to end after six yearsKey elements of all austerity or emergency measures imposed since October 2008Tue Oct 14 2014 - 13:33
FG TD claims Kenny tried to hurt reputation after email leakSeán Conlan says Taoiseach must clarify how email over antique dispute got to newspaperTue Oct 14 2014 - 11:15
Group of independent TDs ‘could form part of next government’Denis Naughton says non-party politicians could be appointed senior ministersMon Oct 13 2014 - 09:37
The bog issue and why it was important in the byelectionModern machinery has allowed even smaller bogs to be cut on a scale unimaginable a generation agoMon Oct 13 2014 - 08:53
Loss of coveted Roscommon-South Leitrim seat a jolt for Fianna FáilAnalysis: Defeat in Dublin South West takes gloss off good year for Sinn FéinSun Oct 12 2014 - 09:36
Budget 2015 likely to include parents, USC and tax bandsRevised forecasts won’t translate into budget bonanza as Howlin talks toughFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:01
‘Neutral’ budget to be signed off today after negotiationsEconomic Management Council meets and agrees on major budget issuesFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:36
Nobody obsesses over polls as diligently as party strategists‘Snapshot in time’ stock phrase is accurate as polls only have meaning at a particular timeThu Oct 09 2014 - 13:49
Fine Gael TDs and Senators less sure John McNulty will win byelectionEnda Kenny asked party members to respect John McNulty’s wish not to be voted forThu Oct 09 2014 - 13:48
Sinn Féin wants water charges halted and high earners to pay more taxOther parties query figures and claim Sinn Féin would privatise water servicesThu Oct 09 2014 - 10:51
Five Departments have yet to agree spending limitsHealth, Social Protection, Foreign Affairs, Justice and Education in talks with HowlinTue Oct 07 2014 - 08:53
‘Evidence of absence everywhere’ in the byelection constituency that time forgotSome 10 candidates are vying for Luke "Ming" Flannagan’s vacated seatMon Oct 06 2014 - 01:00
Sinn Féin and Labour in row over cronyismTánaiste claims Sinn Féin has also used opportunities to appoint party members to boards of institutionsFri Oct 03 2014 - 06:42
Penalty point weaknesses ‘systemic’Up to 20 per cent of fines not being collected, Dáil watchdog findsFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:00
Despite promises to cut out cronyism, coalition has a blemished recordAbout 20 per cent of appointments to State companies went through public processThu Oct 02 2014 - 09:53
Noonan weighs in at Fine Gael meeting to defuse McNulty controversyKenny again accepts responsibility for appointment to Imma boardThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:01
Noonan tells FG TDs to focus on the ‘new Ireland’Taoiseach questioned over McNulty affair at parliamentary party meetingWed Oct 01 2014 - 21:24
Taoiseach facing questions in FG over McNulty issueKenny’s standing and judgment being discussed, say party TDs and SenatorsWed Oct 01 2014 - 01:00
Promises made on reforming State board processMinisters will have to choose appointments from a shortlist provided to themWed Oct 01 2014 - 01:00
John McNulty withdraws from Seanad byelection race as Taoiseach says he let standards slipTaoiseach says he let standards slip and it’s not worth winning a seat in such circumstancesTue Sept 30 2014 - 21:42
Kenny tries to repair damage from extraordinary controversyAnalysis: Mc Nulty remains in limbo and will remain on ballot is not asking for votesTue Sept 30 2014 - 16:58
Sinn Féin seeks early all-party talks on NorthAdams wants broad agenda bringing in all unresolved issues between partiesTue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Humphreys refuses to answer questions on McNultyTaoiseach apologises for McNulty debacle, says it is too late to withdraw his nameSat Sept 27 2014 - 12:29
Enda Kenny apologises over McNulty debacleTaoiseach says it is now too late for McNulty’s name to be withdrawn from Seanad byelectionSat Sept 27 2014 - 10:44
Fine Gael row over McNulty appointment escalatesSeanad candidate met no officials, made no visits to Imma during 13 days on boardFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:01
Art of stroke politics prompts mutinous mutteringsImma board move a sizeable political embarrassment for Enda KennyFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
Members disgusted at way FG is being runJohn McNulty resigns from board after less than two weeks in his directorshipThu Sept 25 2014 - 22:15
Humphreys declines to elaborate on Imma choiceMinister fails to explain nomination of FG Seanad election candidate to Imma boardThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Kenny to address TDs about row over Seanad seatTDs tell party meeting selection of John McNulty was FG being ‘Fianna Fáil lite’Thu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Analysis: McNulty IMMA appointment seems like an old-fashioned ready-upHeather Humphreys’ performance in Seanad does not bode well for future as MinisterWed Sept 24 2014 - 11:31
Boston’s mayor, Carna’s son and the American dreamMarty Walsh’s homecoming sees a surprise showing by another Irish-speaking politicianWed Sept 24 2014 - 01:03
Water charges a ‘deal-breaker’ for SFMcDonald says party stance is exactly the same on property tax and water chargesTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00
Scotland referendum turnout highest since universal suffrage introducedImportance of issue, closeness of contest, and level of interest motivated votersSat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00
Cleaners in schools ‘not best use’ of JobBridgeTánaiste says scheme should be used as ‘developmental opportunity’Thu Sept 18 2014 - 22:09
Fianna Fáil urged to take lead on gender balanceParty would need to run at least 25 women candidates if overall number is 80Thu Sept 18 2014 - 21:07
Climate change Bill finally makes it to Government priority legislation listA-list of 30 Bills includes 11 carried over from earlier this yearThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Hard to tell if Fianna Fáil, in dire need of re-energising, is waving or drowningFF’s recent think-in was low key, trying to appear calm rather than becalmedWed Sept 17 2014 - 01:02
Banking inquiry ‘could collapse’ if election calledFianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath says general election poses real hanging risk to proposed inquiryTue Sept 16 2014 - 15:20
Labour only party not ruled out as possible FF coalition partnerFianna Fáil has no woman TD and only two women in wider parliamentary partyTue Sept 16 2014 - 13:53
Senator’s horror stories of swooping seagullsNed O’Sullivan says Dublin needs to adopt seagull policy as in other coastal citiesTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:02
Candidates spent almost €3m in Euro ElectionsHighest expenditure by any candidate was €206,461, spent by Fine Gael’s Deirdre Clune in South constituencyTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:00
Fianna Fáil leader accuses Government of living ‘a lie’ on health budgetMicheál Martin launches withering attack on Taoiseach and former health minister Reilly at his party’s think-in in RoscommonTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:00
Government has ‘cooked the books’ on health - MartinFianna Fáil leader says public have been misled about universal health insuranceMon Sept 15 2014 - 15:16
Minister confident new postcode system will be introduced early next yearWhite says some legislation may be needed to address some data concernsMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:05
